FAMILY S.H.I.F.T.

“I CAME HOME AND FOUND MY DAUGHTER LYING NEXT TO HER GIRLFRIEND. I ALWAYS HAD A GUT FEELING THAT MINDY MIGHT BE ATTRACTED TO WOMEN. I JUST WISHED SHE DIDN’T THROW IT IN MY FACE .”

SARAH P.

Los Angeles, California

WERE YOU THE LAST TO KNOW??

“What Sarah is saying is relative to most family members who struggle with a gay or lesbian loved one. Heterosexual relatives have very little assistance from the community at large to cope with their own feelings; i.e. shame, embarrassment, anger, fear, and sadness. Family S.H.I.F.T. offers family group therapy with a unique twist of having both straight and gay therapists who provide counseling to participants”.

Group Facilitators:

Karen Cohen, MS LMFT CGP CCBT MAC

Susan Scalzo, LCSW

S.H.I.F.T. is an acronym that stands for Sharing Hope Information Family Treatment.

S.H.I.F.T. Offers a multifamily group therapy for relatives of gays and lesbians. This multiple family group supportive therapy helps family members to better cope with finding out that their relative is gay and or lesbian.